SpellBound

Chapter One: The Forest Colt

"Hey, Moonsheen, did you hear?"

An enthusiastic, energetic Pegasus asked the unicorn next to him.

"Hear what, Skyler?

The unicorn replied, suddenly curious.

"SERIOUSLY? How could you not have heard! Anyway, there was supposedly some kind of weird, eldritch-forbidden-whatever thing going on in the Everfree forest last night. I heard the two stallions doing it were arrested and brought into special custody to be questioned by the princess HERSELF! Weird, eh?"

"Wow, seriously? Is the site still there and intact?"

Inquired Moonsheen, even more curious now.

              Sky shrugged. He couldn't be bothered by that kind of stuff.

Still nattering about the site, and how cool that sounded, Moonsheen and Sky walked down Ponyville Main Street towards their houses. Still pretending to listen, Sky looked at the silvery unicorn beside him. She was so pretty, Her eyes so blue, so easy to get lost in the-

"Are you even listening, Sky?" Moonsheen sternly asked.

"Ummm.... Errrrr..," Sky stumbled, trying to say something to excuse his daydreaming.

"I thought so. Lets just meet up with Bran Muffin and Ambrosia Orchard, ok?" Moonsheen sighed.

"OkSoundsGoodGreatGreatGreat

Idea," Sky mumbled.

"HEY! Guys, I'm over here! And I brought Ambrosia, too. I'm ready for the sleepover!" Yelled a pegasus, just at the end of the road.

"Bran, Ambrosia, it is so awesome you guys came!"

Sky exclaimed, just as enthusiastically as before.

"Yeah, lets get to the Forest before dark, just to check out that spell site!" Said Bran enthusiastically, eager to get to the forest.

As soon as the group got to the end of the road, Sky whispered to Bran Muffin. "But I thought that place was off-limits or something, isn't it guarded?"

"It is, but where is your sense of adventure? It'll be fun. We can check out those rocks and stuff, then leave." Bran quietly replied, giggling.

"HEY, I am adventurous AND awesome, but even they have their limit, you sure it won't explode, or unleash some kind of evil monster that will rip open our guts or something?" Back talked Sky.

"Nope, I am not sure at all, but that is what makes it fun!!!" Replied Bran.

"Hey, can I get a say in this?

Asked Ambrosia, happily smiling at the two boys.

"Of course, so what do you say?"

Asked Bran, glaring at Sky for putting Ambrosia in a mood.

"Well, as long as we don't go too deep, we might have fun,"

Exclaimed Ambrosia, while Sky kicked Bran quietly.

"Well, let's go then, bring the snacks and grab your saddlebags. We are going hiking! yelled Bran, eager to get going.

               Once they were in the forest, it became very dark, very fast. Sky proudly trotted on, while Ambrosia secretly hid behind Bran, scared that something from the spell would pop out of the bushes in front of the ponies. Moonsheen walked in the back of the bunch, looking around at the plants and trees. It seemed the farther you went into the forest, the scarier it got. Finally, they stopped in a clearing.

"We'll never find that site, so we might as well eat here," sighed Bran, obviously disappointed.

"As much as I hate to agree with Bran, He is probably right. We should eat here,"

Replied Sky, sitting down and opening his saddlebag.

                After they had eaten their fill, Moonsheen led the way back out.

"So are we still following through with the sleepover?" Asked Bran, trotting out of the forest.

"I am WAY to tired for that," Sky groaned.

"I-I am too. Sorry, guys, but I'm going home,"

Ambrosia stated, yawning loudly.

"Alright, see you guys tomorrow," replied Moonsheen.

Right after they left, Moonsheen noticed something. Her saddlebag and her glasses! She left them in the clearing where they ate!

"Oh no, that bag had my glasses and my phone in it.... Crap!! I don't really want to go back, but I have to...."

She muttered, glancing back at the dark, forbidding forest.

"I am SO going to regret this...," she whispered, angry at herself for leaving it there.

With that, she turned around, heading for the forest once again.

              It was even darker now, and she could hear the trees rustling in the wind. Sighing, she trotted through the dark forest, remembering her electric torch was in her bag. She lit her horn, weaker than her torch but it would have to do. She finally found the clearing, so she searched for the bag. No matter where she looked, it wasn't there! But she clearly remembered putting it here, near the centre of the clearing. Defeated, she began the arduous, dark walk home.

*RUSTLE*

"Huh?" She said, nervously.

*RUSTLE* * RUSTLE*

"W-Who's there?" She stammered.

*click*

A bright light appeared, slightly off the trail back home.

"What the horse?!" She whispered to herself, confused.

*click*

The light went out.

"That sounds like my torch.... Is somepony there?"

*click*

Moonsheen headed towards the light source, carefully stepping over thorns and other plants. When she stepped out of the bush, she was shocked by what she saw.

"The..... The ritual site?" She said, confused.

*click*

*RUSTLE*

A bush near her shook a little bit. The bush was too small to fit anypony. You would have to be a filly to fit in there, but it couldn't be a filly. No parent would allow their child this deep in these woods, especially not at this time at night.

*RUSTLE*

*RUSTLE*

It must be a rabbit, thought Moonsheen.

So she opened up the bush to confront the critter and get her torch back, and was shocked by what she saw.

A small, white Colt sat in the dirt, next to it, her bag, obviously dragged here. In the colt's hooves were her torch and a half-eaten apple.

"Ummm... Hello there, little one...,"

Moonsheen gently whispered.

"EEEEEEKKKKK!!!!!!" Screamed the colt, surprised enough to drop the apple and the torch. It ran out of the bush in an ungainly way, and, sure enough, it fell over, face-planting in the dirt.

"Ohh, my!" Exclaimed Moonsheen, surprised by the colt falling.

"Are.... You ok, little one? Here, let me see your face. You might've hurt it!"

           But the colt stayed down in the dirt, covering it's face with its hooves, quivering in fear.

"Its okay, little one, I won't bite. Now please, let me see,"

Finally, the colt relented and moved it's hooves, and looked into Moonsheen's concerned eyes.

"WHOA!" Moonsheened squeaked, startled by what she saw.

Her eyes were met by that not of a colt's large, curious eyes, but of the narrow, green eyes of a dragon.

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End of chapter one